Louis Kontos wrote:
>I sent the message before finishing by mistake. Sorry.
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>I was going to ask Joanna how she can make the claim that Dylan has not
>matured as an artist without referencing any of his recent music as a basis
>of comparison. Also, I'd like to ask whether the comment (Joanna's) about
>Dylan being a 'poseur' still stands after the comment (Joanna's) that Dylan
>produced good 'early' music?
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I would say that in the early period, his music is so entwined with the
zeitgeist that it's impossible to say whether he was a poseur or not.
And yet, it would never occur to me to accuse Janis Joplin of simulating
anything even though her music is largely based on Big Mama Thorton.
I'll say this for Dylan: Hendrix loved his music and was inspired by it.
Joanna
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